Dress stand for show windows



March 28, 1950 w. FEHLBAUM 2, 01,864

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ATTORNEY.

Patented Mar. 28, 1950 OFFICE DRESS STAND FOR SHOW WINDOWS Willi Fehlbaum, Basel, Switzerland Application August 5, 1947, Serial No. 766,335 In Switzerland April 24, 1945 Section 1, Public Law 690, August 8, 1946 Patent expires April 24, 1965 Claims. (Cl. 22372) This invention relates to an improved dress stand for show windows.

According to the invention there is provided an improved dress stand for show windows comprising a standard having secured thereto an outwardly curved dress-supporting plate of transparent, preferably flexible material, which narrows from above to below in the form of a bust.

It is possible by means of the improved dress stand to display ladies dresses, blouses, lingerie and the like without the material of which the stand consists becoming obtrusive, especially in the neck opening. Any parts of the standard which are disposed in the neck opening may con-, sist exclusively of transparent material. It is not necessary however to arrange any parts of the standard whatsoever at this place, since the upper part of the dress supporting plate can be secured to the standard at both sides, that is at a distance apart corresponding approximately to the width of the shoulders, whilst the lower part can advantageously be secured at its centre. The dress supporting plate advantageously consists of flexible material. The distance between the upper and lower points where the plate is secured to the standard may be adjustable in order to provide for adjustment of the curvature of the plate. The curvature may be made flatter or more pronounced according to the cut of the dress. A height adjustable waist holder is advantageously mounted on the standard beneath the dress-supporting plate. If the waist-holder or at least a part of its surface, is formed of a material suitable for sticking in pins, the eiiect of the waist of the dress can be brought out by securing the dress here by pins in the desired shape.

The invention is illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 shows an elevation, and

Fig. 2 shows a side elevation.

A standard pillar b is height-adjustably mounted in the foot part a of a standard, and is adjustably secured by a set screw al. The upper part of the standard pillar b is laterally forked as shown in Fig. 1, and the forwardly bent forked ends (see Fig. 2) carry securing lugs bl. These are provided with inwardly opening grooves into which a dress-supporting plate 0 is inserted from above. The latter consists of an approximately triangular flexible plate, which has at its lower end a central bore cl, which is pushed over the standard pillar b and secured by a waist holder d which is heightadjustably secured on the standard pillar. The waist holder d is secured to the standard pillar b by means of a set screw d2. The surface of the waist holder consists for example of cork, or in any event of a material into which pins can readily be inserted. In the position of the waist holder 11 illustrated in the drawings, the part of the dress supporting plate 0 located below the securing lugs bl is bent into a cylinder with a horizontal axis and correspondingly curved. For adjustment of the curvature it is sufficient, after releasing the securing screw dl, to adjust the waist holder d correspondingly higher or lower. The bending strain causes the lower end of the dress supporting plate 0 to follow this movement, and the aperture cl is displaced on the standard pillar.

As is visible in Fig. '1, no part of the standard is disposed in the region of the neck opening of a dress displayed on the stand as indicated by the dotted lines. Thus the standard can be produced in its entirety of desired material, by way of example of metal, such as nickeled or chromed iron. The dress supporting plate 0, because of the material of which it consists, does not detract from the contours of the neck opening, since this material is transparent and therefore the dress displayed can produce an effect by itself alone without any additional distractions.

What I claim is:

1. A dress stand for show windows, comprising a standard, two forked arms extending upwardly from said standard, an outwardly curved flexible transparent dress-supporting plate having an upper part having two lateral edge portions and a lower part and narrowing from said upper part to said lower part in the form of a bust, said lateral edge portions being secured individually to said forked arms and said lower part being secured centrally to said standard.

2. A dress stand for show windows, comprising a standard, two forked arms extending upwardly from said standard, an outwardly curved flexible transparent dress-supporting plate narrowing from above to below in the form of a bust, and securing means on said arms and on said standard, said plate havingupper marginal portions secured to said securing means on said arms, and said securing means'on'said standard being adjustable upwardly and downwardly and being abuttingly connected with the lower portion of said plate.

3. A dress stand as defined in claim 2, said securing means on the standard comprising a pin cushion portion for pinning the waist portion of a dress thereto.

4. A dress stand as defined in claim 2. said se- 3 4 curing means on the standard comprising a cork REFERENCES CITED portion for pinning the waist portion of a dress thereto.

5. A dress stand for show windows, comprising a standard, two forked arms extending upwardly from saidstandard, a sleeve means mounted on Number file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date said standard ad ustably as to elevation, an out- 967 Anilson v Aug 16 1910 wardly curved flexible transparent dress-sup- 1,4471%; 1923 porting plate having an upper part having lateral edges individually connected with said arms 10 FOREIGN PATENTS and having a lower part and narrowing from: said Nu Country Date upper part to said lower part in the form of a 2,494, Great Britain 2, 1903 bust, and a hole in said lower part; said standard extending through said hole and said: sleeve" means abutting said lower part from below; 15

WILLI FEHLBAUM The following references are of record in the- 

